Genocide: Reflections on the Inconceivable: Theoretical Aspects in Genocide Studies (Volume 1) - Softcover

Auron, Yair

9789655503586: Genocide: Reflections on the Inconceivable: Theoretical Aspects in Genocide Studies (Volume 1)

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Publisher: Contento De Semrik, 2015

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Genocide is a serious crime in which people kill other people solely because of their belonging to a national, ethnic, racial, or religious grouping, unrelated to any personal charge of wrongdoing on their part. This book explores the concept of genocide (as well as other distinct but related concepts, such as hatred, politicide, democide, and ethnocide), the difficulties in defining the term, and the debates that surround it. It also considers some of the theories and typologies that attempt to explain the acts of genocide that continue to be perpetrated even after the Holocaust and that have thus far taken the lives of millions of innocent people. Reflections on the Inconceivable: Theoretical Aspects in Genocide Studies is part of the series Genocide, which offers a comprehensive exploration of the subject. Each volume constitutes an integral component of this larger endeavor, but also stands alone in its own right. Titles in the series include: Arnon Gutfeld, Genocide in the "Land of the Free": The Indians of Northern America, 1776-1890 Eitan Ginzberg, Conflictual Encounter: The Destruction of the Indian Peoples of Spanish America Yair Auron, The Armenian Genocide: Forgotten and Denied Ariel Hurwitz, Hurban: The Destruction of the Jews by Nazi Germany Benyamin Neuberger, Rwanda 1994: Genocide in the "Land of a Thousand Hills" Israel Charny, "And You Shall Destroy the Evil Inside of You": We are the Human Beings who Commit Holocaust and Genocide Gilad Margalit, Nazi Germany and the Gypsies Professor Yair Auron, author of this book and editor of the series, is a lecturer on genocide, genocide education, and contemporary Jewry at the Open University of Israel. He has published numerous books and essays on these subjects in Israel, USA and Europe.

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